Karl Stefanovic offers a bizarre response after getting into a brawl in a wild park with Michael Clarke and his sister-in-law Jade Yarbrough
Karl Stefanovic has maintained radio silence after his involvement in a brawl in a wild park with Michael Clarke and his sister-in-law Jade Yarbrough.
And it seems the 48-year-old Today show host is keeping amiable under pressure, too.
According to the mailthe 48-year-old Today show host was more than happy to greet the waiting snappers outside his home in Sydney last week.
Karl Stefanovic (pictured) has offered a strange response after being questioned about his involvement in a brawl in a wild park with Michael Clarke and his sister-in-law Jade Yarbrough.
Driving to breakfast, the TV veteran rolled down his car window and asked a photographer, “Would you like a coffee mate?”
Upon his return, Karl cheerfully greeted the photographers before entering.
Stefanovic is He has yet to make a statement about his involvement in the incident, which saw Clarke and Yarbrough get into a heated exchange while on holiday in Noosa on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.
In the video, which was filmed by a bystander on January 10 and sold to The Daily Telegraph for $10,000, Yarbrough accused the former test captain of cheating on her with old flame Pip Edwards on December 17.
According to the Courier Mail, the 48-year-old Today show host was more than happy to greet snappers waiting outside his Sydney home last week. As he drove to breakfast, the television veteran rolled down the window of his car and asked a photographer, “Would you like a coffee mate?”
Others in the group, including Stefanovic, his wife Jasmine, Yarbrough’s older sister, and famed accountant Anthony Bell, tried to defuse the fight.
Yarbrough and Clarke, who was limping in the footage after pulling a hamstring, have been issued fines for “public nuisance”.
A remorseful Clarke has since taken full responsibility for what happened.
Stefanovic has yet to make a statement about his involvement in the incident, which saw Clarke and Yarbrough (pictured) in a heated exchange while on holiday in Noosa.
I am absolutely heartbroken, I have put people I hold in the highest regard in this position. My actions in the lead up to this altercation were nothing short of shameful and regrettable,” he said.
“I am devastated that by my actions I have brought women of class and integrity, and my peers, into this situation.”
Edwards also issued a statement the night the images were released.
‘This is not my circus. Once again, Michael in the true nature of him has not taken responsibility for his actions and I was blatantly lied to,” he told Daily Mail Australia.
Stefanovic was forced to intervene in a fiery fight between the former Australian cricket captain and Yarbrough in a public park.